Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher qualified in ninth and tenth places today for the Korean Grand Prix.Both Michael and Nico qualified in the top ten for the ninth time in the 2012 seasonThe main challenge of the session was optimising new tyre usage over the long lapNico progressed through Q1 with a single run, and set his best time of the session on his timed lap in Q3Michael's fastest time was set in Q2 on a used set of option tyres, and he will start tomorrow from 10th positionDrivers Car No. Chassis No. Practice Qualifying 1Qualifying 2 Qualifying 3 Nico Rosberg 8 F1 W03 / 07 P12 P141:38.999 P8 1:38.417 P9 1:38.361 Michael Schumacher 7 F1 W03 / 09 P13 P81:38.808 P1 1:38.436 P10 1:38.513

Weather Cool and clear Temperatures Air: 22-23C Track: 28-29C

Nico RosbergNinth place was the maximum that we could have achieved today. We set up thecar well but we're lacking the performance to challenge any further towardsthe front. We're working hard to improve the situation, and hopefully ourrace pace will be better and we can score some decent points here in Korea.The track layout here and the cooler temperatures should suit to us morethan in the recent races, so I'm looking forward to the race tomorrow.Michael SchumacherThe positive aspect about today's performance was that we made a stepforward relative to last weekend and got into Q3. But overall, it was anaverage kind of day. We were expecting to end up somewhere between positionseight and ten, but things didn't go quite right in the final sector of myquick lap. Looking ahead to tomorrow, I think we can hope to look quiterespectable: our long runs were quite good, as were the tyres. Let's see howthe race unfolds.Ross Brawn Qualifying progressed as we had expected this afternoon and the drivers dida good job to deliver decent laps at the right times. We were looking forthat little bit of extra performance in Q3 but didn't manage to extract itfrom the car. The challenge was finding a good balance over a whole lap and,while we were particularly competitive in the first part of the circuit, wewere losing time with understeer in the next two sectors. Tomorrow will be avery tactical race, with a lot going on throughout the field, and we stillhave a lot to achieve this weekend.Norbert HaugThe first two qualifying sessions saw a very tight group behind the quickestcars. In Q1, P4 and the crucial P17 were separated by a little over half asecond, while P5 to P14 were covered by less than three-tenths. In Q2, Nicoin eighth place was separated by less than two-tenths from P4. Our targetwas to get into the top ten and Q3 with both drivers, which we just achievedwith Nico starting from ninth and Michael from tenth position on the gridtomorrow. There will be strong competitors not only in front of us, but alsobehind.